Psalm 127. Psalm 127, Except the Lord build
the house, they labor in vain that build it. Except the Lord
keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you
to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows,
for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children are an heritage
of the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of
a mighty man, so are children of the youth. Happy is the man
that hath his quiver full of them. They shall not be ashamed,
but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. Let's pray
together. Gracious Father, thank you for
your word. Lord, I pray tonight that As we look into Your Word,
You give us grace to see our Savior there, to see the Lord
Jesus Christ exalted in Your Word as He is everywhere. We
know, Lord, that we won't see Him unless You show Him to us
by Your Holy Spirit. And we need to see Him. He's everything that we need,
and we need to know even that. show us our Savior, show us our
great need of Him, and cause us to desire and to delight in
Him alone. Thank you for this church and
all your blessings. In Christ's name, amen. Many of you probably know Dale
Simpson in that he passed away, I believe, this morning. And
I met him only one time, I believe, when I preached at Hurricane
Road there in Ashland and found him to be a real gentleman. Seemed to love the gospel. A great host. He was very, very
kind. Enjoyed speaking with him for
a little while. I know the saints there are sad, so pray for them. his family. This psalm really has two distinct
parts so we'll look at it even though it's a short psalm and
if I can see a connection between the two thoughts of course we'll
bring it out but of course everything is connected in the gospel it's
all Christ of course but I think you'll see the distinct change
of thought and so we'll look at it one at a time. And really
just verse one tonight, except the Lord build the house, they
labor in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city,
the watchman waketh, but in vain. Really just the first part of
this verse is fraught with meaning and teaching. You and I can't
create anything. Only God does that. He makes
something out of nothing. There's nothing and then He speaks
and whatever He wills becomes. But we can build things from
what He's made. From what He's created, or at
least In a sense we can, we're able to even do that by His strength
and His wisdom. His providing of the resources
to do that. So I say I can build something
but I can't do it without Him. I can't do anything without God,
without Christ. But the text does talk about
us building. But this is the first lesson
of this verse, is that the vanity of man, the vanity of the flesh,
the vanity, the impotence of our will, unless God builds it,
it don't get built. They build it in vain. So think
of this for a minute. This is true of anything that's
built, but a house is what our text mentions, and that's not
random. A house is a distinct and important
thing that teaches us something. How do you build a house? A house is not just a hobby. Building a house is something. It's an undertaking. And it's
an important one. A man has to plan. Because what's
worth building, it doesn't require some kind of a plan. It's got
to be thought out beforehand. He thinks of not only the smartest
house to build for him and his family, but he thinks of the
smartest way to build it. Materials and everything are
taken into consideration. He estimates what's going to
be required. He gathers all of that together, all the materials,
and makes sure that he's going to be able to afford it. And
he lines up all the additional people that he has to line up
in the proper order at the right time. Some of us know very well
what this all involves. He supervises every step of the
process. You've got to, don't you? Especially
nowadays. It's not going to get done right unless you do. And you've got to have some expertise
in it yourself. If you don't to begin with, you're
going to before it's over with. And you've got to. how things
ought to be done. He makes sure that what's supposed
to be happening happens according to plan, according to specifications,
according to what is cost effective, according to what you can afford,
according to what is expedient. Because you don't want to build
a house in five years, you want to build it in one year or less.
He labors, he worries, and then he labors some more and worries
some more and sleeps less. When he thinks it's never going
to get done, it starts coming together, maybe. But all of that is really not
what our text is talking about. Our text is saying that if you
try to build it without God, it's not just going to make it
hard to build. He's saying you might as well
have stayed home. You might as well have quit. You might as
well have not ever done it. He's not saying it's going to be more
difficult without God. He's saying just stay home. And without God,
you don't have a home to stay home in. Now, just how true is this? Let's think about this. You mean,
Chris, that we wouldn't be able to build if God didn't give us
the wisdom and the strength and the resources that he provides
us? We wouldn't be able to build? Is that what it's talking about?
Well, that's true, but that's not even really a good start
on what's meant here. Do you mean, Chris, that without
God's good providence, oh, this has got to be part of it, doesn't
it? What we call good fortune, things have to happen that are
supposed to happen. It can't rain every day, can
it? And things not showing up and all,
you know, bad things are going to happen that make it harder. There will be obstacles to overcome. Eventually, God's going to work
it out in his providence. And if he doesn't do that, it'll
never get done. That's true too. That's part
of it. That's part of it. But what else is there? God supplies
every resource, including our mind, you know, and the back,
some hands, and he's given us all the material. He provided
everything, the money to buy things with, and enabled us physically
and mentally. He's given us God's speed in
every obstacle that has presented itself and we've labored and
now we have a house and we've already moved in. We're in it.
How can it be in vain now? There's a house. There wasn't
a house. Now there's a house. Can it still be in vain? What is
a house? Well, it's where we live. Yeah, but how's that working
out? It's where our kids grow up and
learn and develop. It's where our family comes together.
It's our refuge from the world. It's our place of love and comfort
and rest. It's not just a house, Brother
Chris. It's our home. Isn't that right? Yeah, but none
of that answers the question. Is it vain? Is it empty? To answer that question, we have
to apply our text. who built it. It may still be
vain. Just living under the same roof
is not a family. We said our children grow and
learn and are raised there, but what are they learning there?
And how are they being raised? We said it's our refuge from
the world, but walls made of brick and wood can't keep the
world out. must God put them up. It's our refuge, but is there
really any peace there? It's our place of comfort. How
are you sleeping? If you are, it's not just because
you have a house. It's about who built it. The one who wrote
this psalm Also wrote, I will both lay me down in peace and
sleep. For thou, Lord only, makest me
to dwell in safety. It doesn't matter how many locks
you have or how comfortable your house is or secure it feels. The Lord gives peace. The Lord
gives rest. And he gives it where he built
it. Who built your house? Well, we've
already said that we wouldn't have any strength or wisdom or
resources at all without Him, and we need His providence, we
need His protection, we need His grace in our house to make
it a home. Yes, but... If somebody asked you who built
your house, what would you tell them? And do you acknowledge
that begrudgingly? Is that a fact that you admit?
Yeah, I admit I couldn't do it without God. Or does it make you happy? Are you somebody that wouldn't
think of living in a house that God didn't build? There's a difference
now in just knowing some things. And let me ask it another way.
Who gets the glory at your house? Who gets the glory? That only
God can really build a house is kind of a given. We've kind
of seen that, haven't we? That should be a given. But who
do you say built it? Who do you say built it? And
this is important. Because when the Lord asked the disciples
in Matthew 16, 15, who do you say that I am? You might think,
well, what difference does it make what they say? It's not
going to change who he is. If they say the wrong thing,
he's still going to be who he is. That's exactly right. That's
exactly right. That question nor the answer
to it had any bearing on who he actually was and who he actually
is. But it was vital in determining
and acknowledging who built the house. Who built the house and
whether or not that house is empty. The word vague means empty
or whether it's full. Well, what do you mean? What
does that verse of scripture have to do with a house? And
Matthew said it don't have anything to do with a house. Oh, wait
a minute. We're going to turn over there. And something tells me we're
not talking about a physical house made of brick and wood
anymore. That's exactly right. Look at the context. Matthew
16, 13. Matthew 16, 13. Accept the Lord, build the house. We do labor, don't we? But are
you laboring in vain? Matthew 16, 13. It doesn't say
they don't labor, but it says they labor in vain if the Lord
didn't build it. When Jesus came into the coast
of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do
men say that I, the Son of Man, am? And they said, Some say you're
John the Baptist, some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of
the prophets. He saith unto them, Who do you say that I am? The Lord doesn't ask for the
reasons we do. We want to know what people are saying about
us, you know, so we can feel good about ourselves, maybe,
or, you know, just to see what, you know, if anybody needs an
attitude adjustment about us, you know. He deliberately pointed
out a difference, a distinction between what everybody else is
saying, but what do you say? You that walk with me, you who
have heard my words, you who I've given faith. Because you
didn't learn it from men, he's fixing to say that. So what do
you say? You that have learned from God,
what do you say? All right. And Simon Peter answered
verse 16 and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living
God. And Jesus answered and said unto
him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood
hath not revealed it unto you, But my Father which is in heaven,
and I say also unto thee, Thou art Peter, a stone, and upon
this rock, what rock? Who do men say that I am? Who
am I? That's where my church is built,
on the rock, the rock of ages. I will build my church, I will
build it, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it,
and I will give unto you the keys of it. Isn't that what,
you know, when you buy a house or build a house, you get a house,
somebody gives you a key. You have access. The Lord shall
give you access to the kingdom of heaven. And
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,
and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Now, so he's talking about who do you say I am. Like we asked
in our, from our text, and also about building something. Who builds the church? You know, sinners still talking
about, still writing books, you know, on how to build a church.
I've seen them, they call them different things. I've seen one
that was actually called, How to Build a Church. They name
them different things, but that's what it's about, several of them,
quite a few. What we need by God's grace to
find out is where is the one that God built. And let's go
there. Let's go to that one. He builds the church and he builds
it upon himself. Some in religion say that he's
saying thou art Peter, a stone, and upon this rock, even though
the two words are different, if you're saying Here's who you
are, and I'm gonna build my church on you. It seems like you'd use
the same word, don't you think? For rock. He's saying you're
a stone, and upon this cliff of rock, this huge outcropping
of rock, much bigger rock. It's not complicated, is it? He's the rock. And look at 1
Corinthians chapter three. 1 Corinthians chapter 3 verse 4 For while one saith,
I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollos, are you not carnal?
They were bragging on who converted them, who they followed, who
they heard the gospel from, and who their preacher was. Who then
is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom he believed,
even as the Lord gave to every man? Everybody heard somebody,
just like we heard, just like you heard. He used somebody to
preach the gospel to us, just like he's using us to preach
it to you. I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
So then neither is he that planteth anything, neither he that watereth,
but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that
watereth are one, not divided, we're all one. And every man shall receive his
own reward according to his own labor, for we are laborers together
with God. You are God's husbandry, that's a garden or farm. You are God's building. According to the grace of God
which is given unto me as a wise master builder, I have laid the
foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take
heed how he buildeth thereon. For other foundation can no man
lay than what's already laid. You're not making the foundation. You're just laying it. You're
just letting it be known who the foundation is. It's Christ
himself. The Church, the Kingdom of God,
this whole thing is built on Him. He said, I will build it. And He builds it on Himself.
That's pretty clear in there, isn't it? Turn to Proverbs chapter
9. So except the Lord build the
house. Now even in natural things, as
we've seen, your house is an empty place unless God built
it. It's vain. It's worse than a
waste of time. It's worse than that. Proverbs
9 verse 1. Wisdom hath builded her house. Wisdom hath builded her house.
What we need to find out is where is the house that God built?
Where is his house? David said, one thing have I
desired and that will I seek after. that I may dwell in the
house of the Lord forever. I want to live in his house. Well, he built his house. Wisdom. The word house in this text there,
it's a family household. That's why we started talking
about just a house that we build and live in. That's the picture.
Because what is a house? Well, it's where we live. It's
where we abide. If any man abide in me, he'll
be fruitful. Be happy, you'll be productive.
You'll be safe. You hide in the cleft of the
right, you'll be safe. She hath hewn out her seven pillars.
So it's a family household, that's the word, the wisdom. Christ
has built a family household too. It's called his church,
it's called his kingdom. It's called every one of us.
Whose house ye are, he said. We're all living stones in that
house. And he dwells in every one of
us. This is where the family of wisdom lives. If I build a
house for my household, so my family can live there. That's
why he did that. That's why the Lord built a house. They have a place to live. They
can prosper and be happy there. They'll eat there. They'll enjoy
one another's company there. They'll rest there. to be at peace there, to be safe
there. Wisdom built a house. And we
see here the very same reasons. Christ is all of this to us.
He's our home. We've seen that wisdom in Christ,
that wisdom is Christ, I should say. The female personification
of wisdom in the language of Proverbs shouldn't confuse us.
It refers to the gospel, the counsel of the Lord, the wisdom
of God. We see here that God gives it
in the context of Proverbs. The Lord giveth wisdom. We're
to seek it from Him. And that to have it is life.
To have it is true prosperity. He said with all you get, you
can get it. It's more, far more. You can't even compare it to
rubies and things that this world values. Everything that wisdom
is, in this book, everything that wisdom is in the book of
Proverbs, Christ is to us. He is the wisdom of God. Christ,
the wisdom and power of God unto those who are called. So whether
you're referring to wisdom as the attribute of Christ or the
person himself, it's Christ, who by wisdom built the house
of God. And it's everything that's true
of any household, only perfect. That's where we have to make
the jump, you see. That's where faith comes in. That's where
we see through a glass darkly, but we still delight to see. Because you see, it's not perfect
at my house, but it's wonderful. But it just isn't as wonderful
as his house. But I can see something of the
wonder of what his house is, even looking at my house. Because
God built my house too. Well that's important now. That's
important. The spiritual is always most
important. But how important is it to you?
That God built your physical house. And He raised that up. He did it for you. He put you
in it. He gave you your family. And
everything that that house is to you. That's His house too. But this house here, wisdom's
house. One thing if I desire, and that will I seek after, that
I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. All the days of my life. That's where the seven pillars
come in. If God built it. The number seven in all three
scriptures is perfection. If there's seven of them, it's
complete. That's perfect. It's done. It's
finished. It's complete. And if wisdom
builds a house, I guarantee you it's still standing. If he ever
built it, it's still standing. Seven pillars. I can live there
all the days of my life and then some. Where is wisdom's house? Where
is it that God blessed those? You know who lives in the house
that wisdom built? Wise people. Where is that? Where
do wise ones live? Where do they eat? If you have
some wisdom, where do you get together? Where do you rest?
Well, it's the church, isn't it, too? It's the church. But what did he say the church
is? My body. It's not this building. We know
that. It's people. God's people, yes.
But where do God's people live? Where do they eat? Where do they
drink? Where do they sleep? If you trace everything that
this is back to its source, if you keep asking why, you're going
to come back to Christ Himself, the person of Christ. We get
everything we need, everything we want, everything we have. It's Him. It's Christ. Paul said in 2 Corinthians 5-6,
Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at
home in the body, We're absent from the Lord. So there's a sense
in which I'm not home in this body. For we walk by
faith, not by sight. What sense is it in which we're
not home? If we're in Christ, we're home, aren't we? Yeah.
But in this body, we're not yet home. Well, what does that mean?
We're confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the
body and to be present with the Lord. Alright, now what we need
to understand is that word present right there is exactly the same
Greek word that's translated at home when he said we are at
home in the body. If we are at home in the body,
well we're absent from the Lord. But to be absent from this body
is to be at home. That's where we live. We live
in Him. Present with the Lord. To be
at home for the believer is to be with Him, in Him. Even on
this earth right now, that's true. And we know what that is,
don't we? To live and dwell in Him. Of
God are you in Christ Jesus, who has made into us everything
we need. So knowing a little at least of who built this house
and what this house is, let's find out what we can in this
text now too about about this. First of all, when Wisdom built
this house, she hewed out, as I said, seven pillars. It says
right there, she hewed out her seven pillars. That's the foundation,
the structural pilings is what that is. It's not like just columns
like we see on a colonial house. It's structural columns and pilings,
the supports of the house. I like to hear people preach.
Here are the seven pillars. Love, faith, grace. You can do that. But do you really
know what they are? The support structure of God's
house that he's built, his kingdom, his church, each of us, all of
the considerations of it. We know this. It's perfect. It's
a perfect foundation. That's why the gates of hell
cannot prevail. Seven is perfect. Seven is complete. It's established. It's firm.
It's not going away. And also, it is all of his attributes. You could say that love is...
And that's the most important thing about a house and what's
true of all of his attributes. Whether you name seven of them
and say those are the seven pillars, that's fine. But what if there
are 14 of them? It just means perfect. All of his attributes are perfect. He's perfect in everything that
he is. So you don't have to stick with
that seven necessarily. But let's think about this. It
is him. It's who he is. It doesn't matter
how beautiful a house is, though Christ is beautiful to us, if that house is not stable, It doesn't much matter how pretty
it is, does it? So this is where it starts, with the pillars,
the foundation. He said, I'll build my church
on this rock, and the gates of hell won't prevail. Pillars. That word there, the columns,
or pillars, the word means that which stands and endures, and
remains. It's immovable. So that's why
we say we can dwell here all the days of our life. And I pray
that this church will remain all the days of my life. Don't
you? I don't want to see this church go away. But I know that
his church won't. His church won't. It transcends location. It doesn't
have an address. The church of God. The building
of God. And it can't be brought down.
So these pillars, we could say, Certainly, that love is part
of that, isn't it? Because when we talk about it
being a perfect foundation that can't be moved, didn't Paul say
of the love of Christ, who's going to separate us? Who's going to separate me from
the love of God? Which is in Christ Jesus my Lord.
No one or no thing can separate me. There's no end to it. The church surely is founded
upon the love of God for his sheep. No question about that. The eternal electing grace of
God, that springs from his love. The purpose of God according
to election stands accord by this. I love you, Jacob have
I loved. The power of God, certainly you
could say that's a pillar, isn't it? He's all powerful, omnipotent. The eternal blood of the Lamb,
that's forever too. The Lamb slain from the foundation
of the world. Eternal. The immutable will and
purpose of God. You see how all of his attributes
translate into the picture here of seven pillars. Perfect, complete, independent,
not needing any support or help or the holiness of God. Saving grace of God is powerful
and irresistible. And if it's not, this house crumbles.
How's God going to build a house if he can't get anybody to live
in it? Because the house is not just some empty structure. His
house is full. That's the opposite of vain,
vanity, full. His house is completely full. If his love is not infinite and
eternal, the house can't stand. Not this one. As we've seen,
the foundation is Christ himself in all of his glorious, divine
character, attributes, and works. He is the chief cornerstone.
He is the foundation other than which no man can lay. He built
the house. He established it. Notice that. Wisdom hath builded her house. There was a work involved. Christ
didn't just speak the church now. God just speaks. God strictly
considered as God. He says light be and there's
light. But when the Lord Jesus Christ
set about to build his house, he didn't just say church be.
He came down here and went to work. You see, he had to become
what we are. He built it. He didn't just speak
it. He built it. He did purpose it. But he also built it. It means
to establish and cause to continue. So when we build a house, we
have to kind of cause it to continue, don't we? There's always something
to do to it. There's always something God's
doing to his church, too. He's making us like him is what
he's doing. He's just a whole lot better at it than we are. So these hewed out pillars that
he established, he caused it to continue. He hewed them out.
Oh, that sounds hard. Hew out some pillars. That sounds
hard. It is. It was. It was unthinkable. It was monumental. In so much
that he was broken as a man. He was broken under the weight
of it. He hewed out these pillars. Attributes are not what they
are. So we talk about his attributes, his love, his grace. But what
are attributes without deeds? What is love that's not exercise,
that's not unless there's somebody actually loved? What is power without an act? What is grace if it's never bestowed? He labored, he expended energy,
he employed skill, and strove, and accomplished, and finished
a work. He loved indeed. He loved till the end. He so
loved he gave, you see. It never just talks about God's
love as a feeling. It's always he loved and. He
loved us and sent his son. Herein is love, not that we love
God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation.
God so loved the world that He gave. And now you and I, because He
did, because He hewed it out, because He built it, because
He didn't just feel, He accomplished, we have a place to live. He said,
I go to prepare a place for you. And he did. And he said, I'm
going to come bring you home one of these days. It's already
prepared. He said as he went to the cross,
let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also
in me. Trust me. Trust you concerning what, Lord? In my father's house are many
mansions. You know what that word is? dwelling
places, houses. If it were not so, I would have
told you. I go to make sure one of them
is yours. I like to say it that way because
that's what he's really saying, don't you? Don't you realize
that? And didn't that explain it? I go to prepare a place for
you. He just talked about You know,
Paul described it, and he's talking about mansions, mansions in the
plural, because we think of it that way, don't we? If a lot
of people are going to live, they're going to live in houses.
Well, it's not there like it is here, but he says it that
way because every one of us has a place to live, and it's all
him. To be absent from this body is
to be at home with him. It's a dwelling, it's an abode,
it's an inhabited place. It's not just a place. He said,
I'm going to the cross so that you'll have a place to live.
That's the work. That's the hewing out of the
pillars. That's the building of the house. Where is it? They say if you
build a house, location is everything. Where is it? You know what he
said in that text where I just read, John 14? So that where
I am, there you may be. Location, location, location. Where I am. What else do you
need to know about this house? Well, notice that wisdom killed. Wisdom hath killed her beasts.
She hath mingled her wine. She hath also furnished her table. There is death, so that there
is a table. What table do we come to? The
Lord's table. In the Lord's house, there's
the Lord's table. But there's no Lord's table without
a death. Without a death. You know, I
got to thinking about how that's pictured. Every time we eat,
something's got to die. If I'm going to eat, I'm not
a vegetarian. If I'm going to eat, somebody's
dying. And when we think about that,
I can't survive, spiritually, unless there's death, unless
there's killing. And why is anyone or anything
ever killed? Because of sin. If there's no
sin, there's no death, ever. And the word beast is the same
word as killed. Just a different form of it.
She has killed her beasts. So what that's saying is she
has killed her kill. That's what we call it, don't
we? If we shoot a deer, that's the kill. We kill the kill. That's what this is saying. I'm
talking about a beast. In the infinite wisdom and purpose
Grace and love of God. The Lord Jesus Christ was killed. It's the same reason anything
or anybody is killed. It's because of sin, but the
difference is this, it wasn't his sin. But it was for sin. It was because of sin. It was
for our sins. The word is slaughter here. We know that Isaiah wrote he
was led as a sheep to the slaughter. In the Garden of Eden there was
no death in the beginning. The sin was committed and with
sin came spiritual and physical death and the killing began. First by God to cover the nakedness
of man and woman that he made and then of course soon after
in the scripture we find Abel offering a lamb and millions of lambs thereafter
in the temple and in the tabernacle were sacrificed in order to commune
with God. have access to God under the
Old Covenant. But all of those only pictured
really one slaughter. There's really only one blood
that can ever take away sin. Hebrews 10, 4-10, the blood of
animals can't do that. But His precious blood takes
away sin. And we have slain throughout
history our beasts, but wisdom makes its kill. Wisdom slaughters
its slaughter. There's just one. And if there's going to be justification
from sin, if there's going to be cleansing from sin, this slaughter
must take place. And with the killing, there's
wine. You see that? There's wine. She hath mingled
her wine. There's something to drink and
there's something to eat once the death takes place. And this wine is the precious
blood that washes away our sins. The love of Christ is compared
to wine. In Psalm 1, verse 2, let him
kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better
than wine. 1 John 14, hearing his love, not
that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son. See, that's love. And that
love, this love is better than any wine you've ever had. So
the wine in our text is his precious blood, his love. He sent his
son, that's the love of God, pictured. And this is what wisdom
furnishes the table with. Once that one slaughter is slaughtered, we can eat, we can drink, we're
provided for. That's what happens at home,
isn't it? In wisdom's house, it's the same
way. It's where you eat and drink and you're provided for. Your
family's provided for. Did you know that there's only
really one meat and one drink? And everything else just pictures
that, just like this slaughter. All the other deaths, they just
picture it. They just picture it. When our Lord said in John 6,
55, My flesh is meat indeed. And my blood is drink indeed. Do you know what that word indeed
means? It means real. It means true and real. He said to his disciples, those
that followed him just because of the miracles, he said, don't
labor for the meat which perishes. But labor for that meat that
only I can give you. Because if you eat of that meat,
you'll never hunger again. Meat and wine are for the satisfaction
of the body, and Christ, by the sacrifice of his body and the
shedding of his precious blood, has satisfied the souls of all
of his household. He is our provision for our souls. He's real, true meat. Everything
else may feed your intellect, may
feed your desire for religious fulfillment of some kind, but
only Christ is real, true meat and drink. If I ever say anything
else, You'll have to go find some food
somewhere, won't you? If it's anything but Christ, you'll need
another place to eat. But may God give us grace. We
can feast upon Him here, Him alone. In wisdom's house, Christ
is all. That's clear, isn't it? That's
clear. And I'm going to stop there. And just talking about this house,
there's so much in scripture about it. I typically have 10
or 12 pages of notes. I've got 20 tonight, and I'm
not going to give you all of them. I thought maybe I could
kind of breeze through them, but you just can't, can you? Christ is all. He's the foundation. He's the builder. He is the one who is slaughtered
that we might feast. By his grace, you feel what David was saying
now? I have one desire, to dwell in his house. Let's pray.